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‘Dire warnings’ about risk of further atrocities go unheeded as deadline passes without action from UN Human Rights Council members

Our teams will get to work right now on setting the right conditions so that we can get back to the negotiations, says European Commission president

MANILA: The European Union and the Philippines will restart negotiations on a free-trade agreement as they seek to...

NGOs and lobbyists slammed the EU commission for removing contact details of non-managerial staff from its public register, arguing that the institution is now less transparent.

The 94-page report, “‘Like We Were Just Animals’: Pushbacks of People Seeking Protection from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina,” finds that Croatian authorities engage in pushbacks, including of unaccompanied children and families with young children. The practice is ongoing despite official denials, purported monitoring efforts, and repeated – and unfulfilled – commitments to respect the right to seek asylum and other human rights norms. Border police frequently steal or destroy ph...

The 107-page report, “Deadly Decline: Security Force Abuses and Democratic Crisis in Peru,” documents excessive use of force by security forces, due process violations and abuses against detainees, and failures in criminal investigations, as well as the entrenched political and social crisis that is eroding the rule of law and human rights in Peru. While some protesters were responsible for acts of violence, security forces responded with grossly disproportionate force, including with assaul...

News and Press Release in English on Ethiopia about Safety and Security; published on 26 Apr 2023 by HRW

At their forthcoming meeting on March 20, EU foreign affairs ministers should publicly press the Tunisian authorities to reverse their crackdown against perceived critics.

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